Different cultures and religions have developed different meditation techniques. Today, it represents an exercise that helps and contributes to maintaining a healthy practice for our body and mind, in the struggle to achieve balance and find ourselves in the meantime hustle and bustle of work, extra and family activities. This practice relaxes the body, improves concentration and reduces stress.
The pioneers of these practices were Hindus and Chinese, who once practiced them to understand their state of existence over the years have adapted to each type and technique of meditation, so they were able to choose with which they most identified. are methods based on mindfulness, while others are based on concentration.
- Try to keep your mind completely focused on today.
- Precisely in the present: here and now.
- Buddha found in meditation his own reason for being and being in the world based on contemplation and self-control.
- It seeks to separate who we are.
- And what our mind really thinks.
- That will influence our reactions.
This means “state of concentration”. The goal is to maintain a certain breathing rhythm until you feel the void, eliminating any mental disorder.
This practice became famous between the 60s and 70s, currently one of the best known in the West, it is recommended to perform it twice a day in short sessions, tries to focus on the quiet areas of each person, promoting the increase of creativity, fluidity between body and mind and power of reflection. In the medical field, it prevents high blood pressure and cardiovascular problems.
Mandalas are not forms of meditation, but symbols that are used for meditation, they are repetitive mazes of different shapes and sizes that represent a sacred space of spirituality, while mantras are sound symbols composed of words /prayers that, when repeated, connect us with spiritual powers. Both are used to understand energy.
There are also other types of meditation such as Vipassana, Tao, Raja Yoga, etc. , whose therapeutic benefits are recognized by doctors to decrease the propensity to diseases, as they improve our habits, stretch and oxygenate our muscles, it is a good resource to combat anxiety and depression. Improves memory and sensory processing by up to 10% compared to those who don’t.
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